Advertising store sign

Date

1930-1940

GUSN

GUSN-10059

Description

Enameled metal sign with Jersey Belle logo. Sign has a color image of the head and shoulders of a cow in a field surrounded by circular red border with white inscription. The letter outlines are slightly embossed. There are twelve holes with metal rings for hanging around the outer edge. The image is reproduced in two halves, there is a horizontal line across the center.

Details

Descriptive Terms

signs (declatory or advertising artifacts)
promotional materials
metal
enameling
embossing
figure- and animal-derived motifs
cows
Enameled
Cow
Embossed
Sign, Trade

Inscription

"H.P. Hood & Sons/ Milk" (White letters on red ground)

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

28 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Elizabeth McAfoose

Accession Number

1995.217

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